# 郵

| 郵 | U+90F5, &#37109; CJK UNIFIED IDEOGRAPH-90F5 |
| ← 郴 [U+90F4] | CJK Unified Ideographs | 郶 → [U+90F6] |

## Translingual
### Han character

郵 (Kangxi radical 163, 邑+8, 11 strokes, cangjie input 竹一弓中 (HMNL), four-corner 2712$_7$, composition ⿰垂阝)

#### Derived characters

* 𦸙

#### Related characters

* 邮 (Simplified Chinese)

#### References

* Kangxi Dictionary: page 1273, character 24
* Dai Kanwa Jiten: character 39485
* Dae Jaweon: page 1772, character 8
* Hanyu Da Zidian (first edition): volume 6, page 3779, character 5
* Unihan data for U+90F5

## Chinese
### Glyph origin

Historical forms of the character 郵 :
| Shuowen Jiezi (compiled in Han) | Liushutong (compiled in Ming) |
| Small seal script | Transcribed ancient scripts |
| | Old Chinese |
| 郵 | *ɢʷɯ |
| 腄 | *tol, *dols, *ɢʷɯ |
Ideogrammic compound (會意 / 会意) : 垂 (“far, remote”) + 邑 (“city”) – "relay station".

### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Standard)
       (Pinyin): yóu (you$^2$)
       (Zhuyin): ㄧㄡˊ
    (Dungan, Cyrillic and Wiktionary): ю (i͡u, I)
* Cantonese (Jyutping): jau$^4$
* Hakka (Sixian, PFS): yù
* Eastern Min (BUC): iù
* Puxian Min (Pouseng Ping'ing): iu$^2$
* Southern Min (Hokkien, POJ): iû
* Wu (Shanghai, Wugniu): $^6$yeu
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: yóu
*** Zhuyin: ㄧㄡˊ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: yóu
*** Wade–Giles: yu$^2$
*** Yale: yóu
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: you
*** Palladius: ю (ju)
*** Sinological IPA : /joʊ̯³⁵/
** (Dungan)
*** Cyrillic and Wiktionary: ю (i͡u, I)
*** Sinological IPA : /iou²⁴/
    (Note: Dungan pronunciation is currently experimental and may be inaccurate.)
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: jau$^4$
*** Yale: yàuh
*** Cantonese Pinyin: jau$^4$
*** Guangdong Romanization: yeo$^4$
*** Sinological IPA : /jɐu̯²¹/
* Hakka
** (Northern Sixian, incl. Miaoli)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù
*** Hakka Romanization System: iu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /i̯u¹¹/
** (Southern Sixian, incl. Neipu)
*** Pha̍k-fa-sṳ: yù
*** Hakka Romanization System: (r)iu$^ˇ$
*** Hagfa Pinyim: yiu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA: /(j)i̯u¹¹/
* Eastern Min
** (Fuzhou)
*** Bàng-uâ-cê: iù
*** Sinological IPA : /ieu⁵³/
* Puxian Min
** (Putian, Xianyou)
*** Pouseng Ping'ing: iu$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /iu¹³/
* Southern Min
** (Hokkien)
*** Pe̍h-ōe-jī: iû
*** Tâi-lô: iû
*** Phofsit Daibuun: iuu
*** IPA (Xiamen): /iu²⁴/
*** IPA (Quanzhou): /iu²⁴/
*** IPA (Zhangzhou): /iu¹³/
*** IPA (Taipei): /iu²⁴/
*** IPA (Kaohsiung): /iu²³/
* Wu
** (Northern: Shanghai)
*** Wugniu: $^6$yeu
*** MiniDict: yeu$^去$
*** Wiktionary Romanisation (Shanghai): $^3$hhieu
*** Sinological IPA (Shanghai): /ɦiɤ²³/
* Middle Chinese: hjuw
Rime :
| Character | 郵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| Initial (聲) | 云 (35) |
| Final (韻) | 尤 (136) |
| Tone (調) | Level (Ø) |
| Openness (開合) | Open |
| Division (等) | III |
| Fanqie | 羽求切 |
| Baxter | hjuw |
| Reconstructions ||
| Zhengzhang Shangfang | /ɦɨu/ |
| Pan Wuyun | /ɦiu/ |
| Shao Rongfen | /ɣiəu/ |
| Edwin Pulleyblank | /ɦuw/ |
| Li Rong | /ɣiu/ |
| Wang Li | /ɣĭəu/ |
| Bernhard Karlgren | /i̯ə̯u/ |
| Expected Mandarin Reflex | yóu |
| Expected Cantonese Reflex | jau$^4$ |
* Old Chinese
    (Zhengzhang): /*ɢʷɯ/
Zhengzhang system (2003) :
| Character | 郵 |
| Reading # | 1/1 |
| No. | 15586 |
| Phonetic component | 郵 |
| Rime group | 之 |
| Rime subdivision | 0 |
| Corresponding MC rime | 尤 |
| Old Chinese | /*ɢʷɯ/ |

### Definitions

郵
* postal; mail
* post office

### Compounds

* 代郵 / 代邮
* 付郵 / 付邮
* 便郵 / 便邮
* 單位郵票 / 单位邮票
* 回郵 / 回邮
* 外交郵袋 / 外交邮袋 (wàijiāo yóudài)
* 寄書郵 / 寄书邮
* 平原督郵 / 平原督邮
* 平郵 / 平邮 (píngyóu)
* 庚郵 / 庚邮
* 投郵 / 投邮 (tóuyóu)
* 普通郵票 / 普通邮票 (pǔtōng yóupiào)
* 有齒郵票 / 有齿邮票
* 杜郵之戮 / 杜邮之戮
* 欠資郵票 / 欠资邮票
* 水郵山驛 / 水邮山驿
* 無齒郵票 / 无齿邮票
* 珍郵 / 珍邮
* 紀念郵票 / 纪念邮票
* 網路郵購 / 网路邮购
* 線上郵購 / 线上邮购
* 航空郵遞 / 航空邮递
* 航郵 / 航邮
* 行動郵局 / 行动邮局
* 語音郵件 / 语音邮件 (yǔyīn yóujiàn)
* 軍郵 / 军邮 (jūnyóu)
* 通郵 / 通邮 (tōngyóu)
* 郵亭 / 邮亭
* 郵件 / 邮件 (yóujiàn)
* 郵傳 / 邮传
* 郵務員 / 邮务员
* 郵包 / 邮包 (yóubāo)
* 郵匯 / 邮汇
* 郵吏 / 邮吏
* 郵子 / 邮子
* 郵官 / 邮官
* 郵寄 / 邮寄 (yóujì)
* 郵寄炸彈 / 邮寄炸弹
* 郵局 / 邮局 (yóujú)
* 郵展 / 邮展
* 郵差 / 邮差 (yóuchāi)
* 郵戳 / 邮戳 (yóuchuō)
* 郵政 / 邮政 (yóuzhèng)
* 郵政信箱 / 邮政信箱 (yóuzhèng xìnxiāng)
* 郵政儲金 / 邮政储金 (yóuzhèng chǔjīn)
* 郵政匯票 / 邮政汇票
* 郵政局 / 邮政局 (yóuzhèngjú)
* 郵政節 / 邮政节
* 郵期 / 邮期
* 郵片 / 邮片
* 郵票 / 邮票 (yóupiào)
* 郵科院 / 邮科院 (Yóukēyuàn)
* 郵筒 / 邮筒 (yóutǒng)
* 郵箱 / 邮箱 (yóuxiāng)
* 郵簡 / 邮简 (yóujiǎn)
* 郵船 / 邮船 (yóuchuán)
* 郵花 / 邮花
* 郵費 / 邮费 (yóufèi)
* 郵資 / 邮资 (yóuzī)
* 郵購 / 邮购 (yóugòu)
* 郵購商店 / 邮购商店
* 郵車 / 邮车
* 郵輪 / 邮轮 (yóulún)
* 郵遞 / 邮递 (yóudì)
* 郵遞區號 / 邮递区号 (yóudì qūhào)
* 郵遞員 / 邮递员 (yóudìyuán)
* 郵電 / 邮电 (yóudiàn)
* 郵館 / 邮馆 (yóuguǎn)
* 郵驛 / 邮驿
* 鄉郵 / 乡邮 (xiāngyóu)
* 附捐郵票 / 附捐邮票
* 集郵 / 集邮 (jíyóu)
* 電子郵件 / 电子邮件 (diànzǐ yóujiàn)
* 電子郵箱 / 电子邮箱 (diànzǐ yóuxiāng)
* 電子郵購 / 电子邮购
* 電子郵遞 / 电子邮递
* 高郵 / 高邮 (Gāoyóu)

### References

* “郵”, in 漢語多功能字庫 (Multi-function Chinese Character Database)‎, 香港中文大學 (the Chinese University of Hong Kong), 2014–
* 莆田市荔城区档案馆 [Putian City Licheng District Archives], editor (2022), “邮”, in 莆仙方言文读字汇 [Puxian Dialect Literary Reading Dictionary] (overall work in Mandarin and Puxian Min), page 288.

## Japanese
### Kanji

(Sixth grade kyōiku kanji)
* mail
* stagecoach stop

#### Readings

* Go-on: う (u)
* Kan-on: ゆう (yū, Jōyō)

#### Compounds

* 郵政(ゆうせい) (yūsei, “postal system”)
* 郵船(ゆうせん) (yūsen, “post ship, mail packet”)
* 郵(ゆう)送(そう) (yūsō, “mailing”)
* 郵袋(ゆうたい) (yūtai, “post bag, mail bag”)
* 郵(ゆう)便(びん) (yūbin, “postal service”)

## Korean
### Hanja

郵 • (u) (hangeul 우)
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## Vietnamese
### Han character

郵: Hán Nôm readings: bưu, bươu
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